A life of H.L.A. Hart [electronic resource] : the nightmare and the noble dream / Nicola Lacey.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 422 p.) : ill., ports.ISBN: 9780191705953 (ebook) :; 0191705950 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Hart, H. L. A. (Herbert Lionel Adolphus), 1907-1992 | Lawyers -- England -- BiographyAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199202775DDC classification: 340.1'092 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This volume is the biography of H.L.A. Hart, the pre-eminent legal philosopher of the 20th century. As a scholar he re-invented the philosophy of law and revolutionised our understanding of law as a social institution. His writings had an enormous impact on informed public opinion in the 1960s.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Originally published: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume is the biography of H.L.A. Hart, the pre-eminent legal philosopher of the 20th century. As a scholar he re-invented the philosophy of law and revolutionised our understanding of law as a social institution. His writings had an enormous impact on informed public opinion in the 1960s.
Description based on print version record.